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shāo

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shāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shāo | shao1
English translation
to burn, to bake; to heat, to roast

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About shāo

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

shāo

Contains the radical

Huǒ

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

fire

Etymology of shāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

火堯

Semantic compound

Huǒ

Phonetic compound

yáo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Huǒ represents the meaning and yáo represents the sound. Simplified form of shāo .

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Words with shāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shāo to burn shāo
燃烧 ránshāo to ignite燃燒
烧烤 shāo kǎo barbecue燒烤
烧伤 shāo shāng burn (injury)燒傷
烧毁 shāo huǐ to burn燒燬
发烧 fāshāo to have a fever發燒
火烧 huǒ shāo to set fire to火燒
焚烧 fén shāo to burn焚燒
红烧 hóng shāo simmer-fried (dish)紅燒
高烧 gāo shāo fever高燒
烧饼 shāo bing baked sesame seed-coated cake燒餅
烧香 shāo xiāng to burn incense燒香
烧酒 shāo jiǔ same as 白酒 bái jiǔ [bái​jiǔ]燒酒
烧结 shāo jié to sinter燒結
发烧友 fā shāo yǒu fan發燒友
退烧 tuì shāo to reduce fever退燒
烧焦 shāo jiāo to burn燒焦
烧灼 shāo zhuó to burn燒灼
叉烧 chā shāo char siu叉燒
燃烧弹 rán shāo dàn fire bomb燃燒彈
烧水 shāo shuǐ to heat water燒水
烧火 shāo huǒ to light a fire for cooking燒火
烧纸 shāo zhǐ to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)燒紙

shāo Decomposition & Compounds

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